The exhibition will be open on the dates below:
18., 19., 21., 26, and 27. 6.,
31. 7.,
2., 4., 5. and 10. 8

Exhibition Opening Hours:
10.00 am-4.00 pm

Eva Petrič, performance and video
Hayato Nakao, music
Eva Petrič Gr@y Matter – The Language of Shadows series, art photographs
NASA and USGS, satellite images

The immersive performance We Are Like Butterflies – amidst holes in light combines video and sound projection in dialogue with the metamorphosising installation of hybrid butterflies, adapted especially for the space of Križanke Church. The residue of the performance, its echo, remains as the multimedia installation We Are Like Butterflies… on view at Križanke Church every day from 18 July to 10 August 2025.

The performance We Are Like Butterflies – amidst holes in light enables a view of our planet from low Earth orbit, as seen by astronauts at the International Space Station or as perceived by many satellites, including the Slovenian NEMO HD satellite, now circling the globe.

By combining data on human activities with satellite images, and highlighting them with shadow imagery, the artist outlines the shadow of humanity on the planet. »Shadows are part of us, part of our world, they are ‘holes in light’ that confront us with the consequences of our actions,« says Eva Petrič. Her performance is a poetic apology from humans to our one and only planet – Earth. The performance invites the audience to join in John Lennon‘s song Imagine, and imagine that all people live in peace… that all people share the whole world… At the same time, the performance raises the question of whether such a view is merely a figment of the imagination, or whether it can also reflect facts.